Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20
CARING FOR THE POOR
Meeting of the superintendents OF the p

Meeting Of the Superintendent OF the Poor
The fourteenth annual meeting OF county
superintendents of the poor and delegates
from various relief associations was held
in Jackson, President ID. Ii. Greene in the
chair. The following counties were rep
resented:
Ailegan, Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ing
ham, lonia, Isabella, Jackson, kalkaska,
Kent Lenawee, Macomb, Mason, Monroe,
Newaygo, Oakland, Ottawa, Shiawassee,
st. Joseph, Washtenaw, and Wayne.
Mr.. Coffinbury of Kent asked the ques-
ton: docs a person Of one settlement
remain such until new location Is ac-
quiredn The chair was of the opinion
that person by legal right retains his set
Element until new residence Is estao-
lished. The question was discussed at
some length without being settled, some
claiming that the poor may change resi-
dence as well as the rich, and Others con-
tending that they were n charge upon the
old settlement till the expiration of year.
The mornings session opened with fair
attendance Bishop Gillespie of Grand
Rapids called the attention of the conven-
tion to the death OF ex-Gov. Croswell, stat
ing that as he was one OF the hrst presi,,
dents of the association some action should
be takeh on his death. President Greene
then appointed Bishop Gillespie, the Rev.
DR.. Jacobs, and Supt. French committee
to draft resolutions. A delegation from
Lansing offered the regrets of Gov. Luce,
that owing to official duties he could not
attend. Warden Hatch of the state prison
was introduced and read an interesting
paper on prison management ana stated
that three topics would be introduced be-
fore the legislature this winter: 'lndeter-
inmate sentences, v Separation of classes
of criminals at prison." and Ticket OF
leave or parole" Mrs a, l.. D'Arcambal
of Kalamazoo followed with paper on
''Home Industry for Dischar ed Prison
nrrtnh n ~
mously indorsing this paper, and Warden
Hatch, Mr.. Cobb of Kalamazoo, Mr.. Horn
of Wayne and MIR. Angel of Isabella coun-
ty were appointed committee to draft
resolution on the subject.
Supt. Foster of Coldwater was then
called upon to tell the convention about
the state school for poor children. He
responded, giving n graphic description
of the school under his charge, which now
has 250 members. They are sent out to
one day. Some of the children
sent to him by the superintendent
of the poor are so crippled,
deformed, or mentally defective that
nothing can be done for them-as people
will not take them into their homes. In
response to questions from various dele
gates as TO what should be done with
children who are sent back from the state
school, Supt. Foster said he could not tell
what to do with them, but the superintend-
entS or poor OuBnV 10 KNOW DeIIeT Iudu
send deformed children to the state school.
Mrs. Dewey of Kalamazoo spoke of the
girls home of which she has charge, re-
GREETING that boys are not early trained
to habits of usefulness. If they were
there would be fewer tramps. She asked
Supt. Foster if he could tell why there
were always three times a many boys as
girls sent to the homes. Superintendent
Foster replied that there were many rea-
sons. Mothers always try to keep their
little girls, but will give up the boys. The
neighbors, too, will take the girls of poor
family, but will not do anything for the
boys. The girls are taken out of the
school as fast as they are large enough to
be mede useful.
A paper on "The Relations of Temper
ance to Poverty" was read by the Rev.
Washington Gardner of Jackson, which
was strongly Endorsed by the convention
At the evening session the Rev. G. y.
Elliott of Jackson, read paper on "Ideal
Relations of the Poor" The convention
was then addressed by ex-Mayor Pringle
on "Self Dependence"